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In researching inflation, I have found on various web sites, significantly different numbers regarding
when did inflation start? (10E-35, 10E-28, 10E-33, etc)
when did inflationi end? (10E-33, 10E-38, etc)
what was the change in the diameter of the U during inflation? (10E40, 10E35, 10E52, 10E78 etc)
what was the size of the U when inflation started (I forgot to note these but I recall there were some different ones).
Is there any agreement or any recognized authority for these numbers and if so, can you give me a reference? Is it perhaps that case that these are all progressive refinements of the values and there is a recent and agreed-upon set of values? If I recall correctly, the first of the listed numbers is in each case the one attributed to Guth but I did not even note where the rest of them came from and I don't know but what these might be early Guth numbers that he has since refined.
I just got The Inflationary Universe a couple of days ago and haven't looked at it yet. Is he still considered THE expert on this?
when did inflation start? (10E-35, 10E-28, 10E-33, etc)
when did inflationi end? (10E-33, 10E-38, etc)
what was the change in the diameter of the U during inflation? (10E40, 10E35, 10E52, 10E78 etc)
what was the size of the U when inflation started (I forgot to note these but I recall there were some different ones).
Is there any agreement or any recognized authority for these numbers and if so, can you give me a reference? Is it perhaps that case that these are all progressive refinements of the values and there is a recent and agreed-upon set of values? If I recall correctly, the first of the listed numbers is in each case the one attributed to Guth but I did not even note where the rest of them came from and I don't know but what these might be early Guth numbers that he has since refined.
I just got The Inflationary Universe a couple of days ago and haven't looked at it yet. Is he still considered THE expert on this?